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My daughter says I am, I dont think so....

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MrsHarkness · 02/07/2010 16:42

My daughters friend asked her to go to her house for a sleepover tomorrow night, usually I would have no problem with that and I would say yes. This time however I know that her parents are away on holiday and it is only her and her brother in the the house. My daughter and her friend are both 12 and the brother has just turned 17. Its nothing to do with the fact that its a boy, its just that I dont think 17 is responsible enough to look after a group of 12 year old girls, so even if it was a 17 year old girl I would still have said no. They usually ask other girls to the sleepover too, but they think their parents are stricter than me, so since I have said no they think the other parents will definately say no so havent bothered to ask them. I have said that they can have the sleepover here, but they want it in the friends house and have said no to me. My daughter now thinks I am being completely unreasonable but I dont, what do you think?

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gtamom · 04/07/2010 06:39

YANBU

katiestar · 04/07/2010 10:59

YANBU.Does the 17 YO know he is babysitting his sister or is he just theer because he didn't want to go on holiday.

MrsHarkness · 05/07/2010 15:31

Yes he knows he is babysitting his sister, and everything turned out fine, I didnt allow my daughter to stay overnight as I didnt think he was responsible enough to look after a group of 12 year olds (but he is fine to look after his sister, with the gran checking in) all the girls went to the cinema instead and had a good time.

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